Saturday, April 25, 2009

With All Respect To The CDM

You see, the Complaint Department Manager is contemplating discontinuing his blog as he is spending more time on facebook these days.

My "little sister" Carri down in Fantasy Land, well she just lives on that website.

This olelongrooffan can't quite seem to get a grasp on how it works and there is so much cr*p on it, it is just not worth my time to figure it out. Myspace, facebook, Twitter....just too much, you are stuck with me here on By The Numbers. I mean thisoleman has his laptop for texting, his cell phone for talking and the sometimes trusty Polaroid for capturing images. And that is not going to change anytime soon. Besides, if I was on Twitter, every entry I had would be "I am contemplating having sex." I mean it. Every. One. Just for fun.

But the following image is meant for my "little sis" and she lives up to it every day.No offense CDM.

Now for just a couple other things to keep thehorsefarmer off my back for not blogging enough.

I found this image of a, as least to me, super cool rig somewhere around these tubes. I thought you might enjoy it.I actually saw this monstrosity down near Belaire Plaza sometime before I learned how to set the date on the ole Polaroid. Thanks again, Bus.From Charles Phoenix, in his weekly email of cool old shots from the 50's, I submit this. I would absolutely love to have a Suburban of this vintage or one like this, bone stock and rust free. Not likely.And, finally, even though my efforts to gain meaningful employment have, thus far, been for naught, this is the true meaning of frustration!And it is sharing this meaningless drivel with you that allows me to

No offense taken. I just have so much crap going, it's hard to do right by all of them. I just don't like half assing things that are associated with me. I know my posts contain all of 30 min. worth of work per post, but still, it's honest and straight from me.

Celebrate Life

Why By The Numbers?

At the time I started this blog, I owned three cars, none of which had names, manufacturers, yes, BMW, Ford, Volvo. But no names, just numbers, 325, 150, 850. Hence, By The Numbers.

The By The Numbers Cast

longrooffan, that would be me, living Beachside Ormond Beach, Florida

The Bus, my older brother Jim living in the Ozarks

thebeachbiker (formerly thehorsefarmer), my older brother Tom who now lives in St. Augustine Beach with his wife, thebeachgoddess (formerly thebarngoddess) having moved there from a small farm in the Ozarks

thejeepjunkie, my younger brother Ed living in Ormond Beach, Florida

thesungoddess, thejeepjunkie's wife

the Kid, thejeepjunkie's son

the Kid's sister, well that is self explanitory

TheGoodAttorney, a good friend Jim

BBB, my big brother Bob living in Tampa

TheKenMan, my buddy Ken Young who lives in Naples and Door County Wis.

TheGentlemanFarmer, my Dad who at 45 years old, moved 7 of his 10 city kids to a 173 acre farm and mowed the hay fields in a shirt and tie